random Keli

I am OK now but there was a little while there where I thought I was seriously going to go CRAZY... !!!!!
          Let me explain why.. the kids I take care of : Leah, age 3, Ian age 23 months and Julian age 17 months were OBSESSED and I mean OVER THE TOP.. OBSESSED with balls..!!!!
   So Julian and I would arrive at Leah and Ian's house and there would be no less than FIVE OR SIX BALLS of all shapes, sizes and colors laying around.. and ALL DAY , NO JOKE ALL DAY.. the kids would bring me those balls and say BALL... ALL DAY LONG.............BALL... ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 You must be thinking and how is this annoying? OK so I am doing something with them, or I am fixing lunch or I am whatever.. and they would bring me a ball and be like BALL... and I would be like "yes red ball" or "yes yellow ball" and then I would throw it or put it down on the ground and then they would PICK IT RIGHT BACK UP.. and say BALL... and give it to me...
.....................I AM NOT EVEN JOKING.........................
BALL........................................................ALL..............DAY .....................LONG~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BALL..................................
and Leah is three I would say "Leah you are three, you need to tell me something about the ball.." like look at this ball.." but no.. she would just say "ball" because that is what Ian and Julian would say....................
BALL...........................ALL ...............DAY ................LONG..............
BALL ...BALL...BALL...
and when I would read books then the kids would point to any spherical object and say
wait for it.....................BALL...............BALL...BALL...
sometimes this would be accompanied by one of them getting off the couch and going to get a ball and handing it to me and saying "ball"
over and over and OVER again BALL... ALL DAY LONG...
Then one day.. I came to work and it there were an ADDITIONAL two balls, big yellow balls one with red polka dots, one with red stripes..
Leah kept deciding that whichever one was closer to her was her ball.. the other one belonged to Ian...
That day I took them on a field trip somewhere.. Leah said " WE NEED TO BRING OUR BALLS!!!! :)" I said " no, they can't fit in the car".......biggest lie ever.. because I drive an SUV..
another day we went to the park.. I let them bring those balls so there they are walking across the street with these balls that were almost bigger than them saying BALL, BALL, BALL...
I thought to myself I SHOULD have written on those balls LEAH and IAN.. I like to do that with their toys that are similar so then if Leah is like " THAT IS MINE" ...like oh for real.. well.. is your name on it..
so  we get to the park and they are kicking and throwing and pushing those balls all over the park and saying ball..
When I look up and one of the balls all of a sudden is small.. I have NO IDEA what happened.. It is like I looked down for a second and that ball somehow got punctured or IDK even KNOW.. it was just small...
Leah declared that that ball "must be Ian's"
I SHOULD HAVE WROTE THEIR NAMES ON THOSE BALLS I AM TELLING YOU!!!! now I will never know, who's ball it really was/is..
all the way back to their house Leah was like "that is Ian's ball" and Ian was crying and saying "ball" of COURSE..
when we got back to the house it was nap time...
Part of me REALLY wanted to just open up the front of back door at the point I don't really care which one and KICK THOSE BALLS AS FAR AS I COULD.. and those are those big, cheap plastic ones that even I could kick pretty far..
When the parents came home and asked where the balls were I would be like um....................? yeah I am not sure... (hopefully as far from here as possible)
..............but I did not do that.. thought and considered it but did not do it..
The next day when I got to work.. I was walking in and I thought here we go again..
BALL.. I walked in and their were NO BALLS.. NONE..
with no balls that means that there were no balls to bring to me and say BALL..
I did not say anything I did not want to press my good fortune...
a few weeks later I was telling Leah and Ian's mom about another kid I baby-sit and how he is obsessed with their neighbor.. and I said kind of like how your kids and Julian were way into balls.. remember that a couple of weeks ago ..and their were balls laying around everywhere..
She was like ...you don't see any around now do you? I said no...then she said
Because wasnt that getting annoying when they were coming up saying BALL all the time...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omgosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to take this opportunity to thank my friend Beth Summers for listening to me complain about my day no matter how non-sensical or inconsequential it may seem.. I called her and I was practically screaming this conversation one day.. like AND THEY KEEP SAYING BALL!!!! ALL DAY LONG.. and she listened to me and still loves me.. and
well I am SO GLAD SHE IS MY FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

field trip

In October 2011, I took Julian to a park in DC that is so RANDOM/ECLECTIC whatever you want to call it..The real name of the park is even up for debate it is called Meridian Park OR Malcolm X park it is is managed by the Rock Creek Park system..
Julian and I took the metro and when we got off we ate pizza at some place that said they had the " best pizza " in DC.. It was good actually. Then we started walking over to the park.. I kept asking people where it was and NOBODY knew.. I had to look it up on my GPS. I am also not sure if we were in the best neighborhood there were a lot of people just lounging around not doing much that looked questionable but I just kept walking I mean what else could I do really..
When we got the park though it was so worth it.. that park was BEAUTIFUL!!!!
There were a lot of random statues of everyone from Dante to President Buchanan and I put Julian's stroller by them and took pictures of him. Julian LOVES fountains so we stopped by the fountains and looked at those for awhile.
They had the most BEAUTIFUL fountains there...
it was also a nice day, in the weather department.
On the way back to the metro I bought some mango's in a plastic bag from a lady she put lemon juice and hot sauce on them and I felt like I was back on my mission :)
the pictures will be up on FB so please check them out there!

field trip

Recently my bishop's daughter got married in the Bountiful, Utah LDS temple. They had a reception in the Empire Room of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. They also had a reception here in the Fair Oaks Marriott in Fairfax,VA.
 My bishop's wife invited the whole ward.. and then some...My friend Beth and I went and we are both so glad that we did.
When we walked in there was Bishop and SIster Forsyth, I think that the colors for the wedding were gold and silver Bishop Forsyth had on a gold tie and Sister Forsyth had on a classy gold suit outfit. Stacy the bride was wearing a beautiful dress that had big flowers on it. She looked beautiful. the groom's family looked great too.

 The real reason though that I am writing this is the the food was AMAZING..first we walked over and their were three of those glass drink dispensers that are so popular now with different fruity soda's and not sugar fruity but GOOD fruity.. their were glasses that we could drink out of.. I must have had twelve drinks.. or more..

Then you walked over to a table and that had Cesar salad on it, well lettuce and all sorts of different things that you could put  on it. croutons, artichokes, peppers, Parmesan cheese, hearts of palm, ( I had not had hearts of palm since Qwest would throw those catered lunches)  They also had anchovies so Beth and I decided to try one each since we never had before..I don't recommend it. YUCK..

They also had breadsticks that look like ones you would get at a restaurant

Then we were done with our salad we had pasta they had two men one a black gentlemen from the KY and another guy with braces from the Philippines serving the pasta... the guy from KY gave you more. You went over to them and they had a little gas stove and you picked your protein
mushrooms, chicken or shrimp.. or all of them
then you picked your kind of pasta
corkscrew
cheese filled ravioli
or
tortellini
then you could pick your sauce
marinara, creamy pesto or Alfredo..
I got the tortellini with one cheese filled ravioli and mushrooms and shrimp and the basil pesto

THEN you went to one of two carving stations you could get prime rib or ham.. Beth and I got some prime rib..

there was also a table with cheese and fruit and crackers and other stuff like that.. Beth and I never even MADE it to that table..

There was also an ice cream table with two people serving you vanilla or chocolate and there were different toppings and hot fudge and caramel..by the time I got to that table I had ate SO MUCH that I seriously SERIOUSLY thought omgosh I am going to throw up..I am seriously going to throw up.. but I did not.. I somehow managed to eat some ice cream too somehow..

there was a dance floor and a dj and everyone that was there seemed to be having such a good time and was so happy


We got there at 7 and then all of a sudden it was after NINE.. Beth said so..basically we have been eating for two hours..

This Bishop came by at one point and asked if we had, had enough to eat.. that was an understatement

We went back to my house and took Spike for a walk...

field trip

When I was in Chicago in September 2011. I went to Dunlays on the Square in the Logan Square area of Chicago http://www.dunlaysonthesquare.com/
Kevin and I rode on buses and metros for a long time to get there.. and left a cool jazz festival to go.
So was it worth it....YES!!!!
We went there on the suggestion of Julian's grandma, Jennifer.
Kevin and I each ordered an entrees and here is what else we got
1. we got the most AMAZING DRINKS ...ever.. that were recommended to us by the waitress they were these orange cream sodas that tasted like orange creamsicles and they were SO GOOD.. I saved my bottle.. here is a link http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/index.php seriously if you ever have the opportunity to try one of these soda's don't hesitate just do..
for an appetizer they served us some divine cornbread in a cast iron pan...again..it melted in my mouth and was beyond good.. there is NOTHING like good cornbread..
Kevin got Amish fried chicken..we are still not sure what fried chicken has to do with the Amish OR Chicago..but it was also DELICIOUS!!
I got some macaroni and cheese cooked again in a cast iron skillet... BEYOND GOOD!!!!
Then for dessert they gave us a chocolate chip cookie cooked in a cast iron skillet with ice cream on it...wow...YUM...
We also loved the ambiance of the restaurant it was fun.
interesting trivia.. on the boy's bathroom was a picture of Jimi Hendrix on the girl's bathroom was a picture of  a woman.. I was like who is that??? I found out it was the owners niece..random..
then the check came and it was ALL FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not even kidding you..because Julian's uncle is the head chef there..and Julian's grandma said he would "take care of us" I had no idea what that meant and thought we might get a free appetizer or not have to wait ..we had NO IDEA we would get EVERYTHING FREE!!!!
...................Kevin and I felt very, VERY blessed..that night...
.............in case you did not get the hint I think you should go to this place..

volunteering Keli

So I am still volunteering at the plantation when I can.. I have been following along school groups that are on the "slave life tour"
One day we had some sixth graders come from Springfield these are some of the things that happened that day..
1. the lady that was doing the tour was making the point that we do not know much about the slaves in comparison to the people that owned them, then she said for instance we have all heard of George Warshington right.. and this one kid was like who???????? hahahahaha maybe living in Springfield, VA he is not coming in contact with people that say WARSH and WARSHINGTON instead of WASH and WASHINGTON...
2. then she said and we don't know much about Thomas Jefferson's slaves...um...........................
3. when we went into one of the little outbuildings either the dairy or the smokehouse or something she said " do you know what this building is? one of the kids said " Is it the sacrificial room?"...........omgosh... I am sorry WHAT... WHAT???????? um no it is not.....
4. I overheard a lot of kids talking about swords...
5. I overheard kids talking about bones
6. the kids were taking pictures like crazy with their cell phone and I told them that the house had wi-fi and they were like THAT IS SO COOL...
7. we gave one kid a bag of nails.. when we talked about the slave that was a blacksmith.. and this is what he said.. he did not even look in the bag he said " is this a bag of bones that a sorcerer might use to kill someone with... .................and this was a DIFFERENT kid that was talking about the sacrificial room...
8.one of the kids looked like Johnny Lingo and it kept distracting me and I kept wanting to say you look like Johnny Lingo..but then I thought  he does not know him and it is totally off topic..
9. One kid complained to me that some other kid named Abdullah had found TWO four leaf clovers that day and "just threw them away" ... I don't know what I could have done about that.. like maybe been like ABDULLAH DON'T JUST THROW LUCK AWAY YOU WILL NEED THAT SOMEDAY!!!!! ...
10.I overheard the teacher telling a kid be careful with your phone because iPod glass is not as hard as you think.. um who thinks it is... maybe a kid that has not broken their phone...yet...
11. When we gave the kids some corn pone we were talking about cornbread and such and one kid was like well...what about candy corn?? totally reasonable question.. I mean it is totally in the same family of food...
12. one kid asked me what I did I said I take care of kids.. he said what about their parents I said they have jobs.. he said oh my parents do not work..but when they used to I just "watched myself" .....................of course he did...
13. the person giving the tour also said "why do you think Sally Hemmings did not run away?" hmmm with free trips to PARIS and her BF there.. IDK ...but in all reality I am not an expert in that area of history...

another tour that I did was 4th graders from Annandale and the teachers were just flirting with this one male teacher the whole time because there were enough parent volunteers there... and these teachers were a bit off.. they asked me if I want to come work with them and told me I would fit in well.. like um.. OK I said I don't even have a degree.. they said they could find something for me to do...
also the teachers were talking about how they were so ready to be done for the day so they could go get DRUNK... another teacher from another school said " could you imagine having to do THIS all day.. as in have these kids in your class all day.. I said I do take care of three kids.. he was like well..

I went another day and just did the tour by myself.. and maybe one day I will go and actually give tours to kid by myself that should be a party...

I have not thought about this until now.. but after all those weird questions I may encourage my kids or any that I watch to read books more than fantasy and sci-fi.. cause those questions were a bit off...

random Keli

Yesterday a telemarketer/survey maker whatever called the house phone where I work.. I decided to answer...here is what happened next..
I noticed that the caller ID said "U of Chicago"

Her: " hello Mr. or Mrs. Brown?

Me:  no this is their nanny..omgosh are you are at The University of Chicago I HAVE BEEN THERE!!!!!

Her: um yes..so Mrs. Brown I am calling about the opportunity for you to donate money to..

Me: OMGOSH!!! my friend goes there!!!!!!! he is in the NELKE department!!!! and he lives in Hyde Park .. I am sure you know where that is.. and I left my camera there, and we do not really talk anymore.. and I really want my camera, so can you go and get it from him and get it to me..???

Her: so Mrs. Brown, I am calling about the opportunity for you to donate money to..

Me: so is that a no?? you can't get my camera and get it to me?

Her: um..yes..so Mrs. Brown I am calling about the opportunity for you to donate money to..

Me: Have you ever been to that Hyde Park Bank.. wow that place is so posh inside..my friend does not bank there but we went to this jazz festival there and it was so cool..Have you been there..

Her: um  no but I know where it is..So Mrs. Brown I am calling about the opportunity for you to donate money to...

Me: yeah so my friend banks at Bank of America.. where do you bank at?

yes I really asked her where she banks...ahhahhahahahah

Her: So Mrs. Brown I am calling about the opportunity for you to donate money to..

Me: do you shop at Treasure Island ? I love that grocery store.. that place is SO COOL!!!!!??

Her: um yes I shop there sometimes.., So Mrs. Brown I am calling for about the opportunity for you to donate to...

Me: well listen it has been so fun reminiscing about Chicago with you .. but I really need to go..

Her: um .. OK...

ahahahhahahahahahahah~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

reading Keli

a few years ago my friend Kathy's son Dan  told me I should read the book "How to win friend and influence people"  a few months ago my friend John told me I should read it also..since both of these men have strong personalities and I have bumped heads with them I decided that I was never going to read this book.. also the title seems so cheesy..
   then a few days ago I was at work and finished the book I was reading and saw this on my boss Mike's bookshelf and thought that I would give it a shot. .... I actually loved it.. it was chock full of good ideas of how to talk to people and how to handle situations.. in fact, if I had NOT been reading this I am almost positive that I would have been mean and judgemental to the guy that I am somewhat dating..he has his issues.. and this book helped me to look at a different way that I could handle things..
Here are some of the things that I learned in the book:
1. Don't criticize, condemn and complain.
2. Give honest and sincere appreciation
3. Arouse in the other person an eager want

4. Become genuinely interested in other people
5. Smile
6. Remember that a person's name is to that person to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener and encourage others to talk about themselves.
8.Talk in terms of other people's interests.
9. Make the other person feel important and do it sincerely.

10. The only way to get the best in an argument is to avoid it.
11. Show respect for the other person's opinions never say "you are wrong"
12. If you are wrong admit it quickly and emphatically.
13. Begin in a friendly way.
14. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
15. Let the other person do a great deal of talking.
16. Let the other person feel the idea is his or hers
17. Try to honestly see things through the other person's point of view
18. Be sympathetic to the other person's needs and desires.
19. Apply to their nobler motives.
20. Dramatize your ideas.
21. Throw down a challenge.

22.Begin with praise and appreciation
23. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
24.Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person
25. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
26. Let the other person save face.
27.Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise"
28. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
29. Use encouragement, make the fault seem easy to correct.
30. Make the person happy about doing the thing that you suggest.

I wrote them all down here so hopefully, HOPEFULLY the next time that I am in a situation.. then I will handle it better.. :)

dating Keli

A couple of weeks ago, Julian and I went to the Reston Library in Reston, VA... I had all my hair back in a headband and a ponytail and barely any make-up on. I was wearing
a pair of jeans
gold flats
a Utah State shirt
a dark yellow sweatshirt

I am telling you all this because someone asked me out there.. at the library..

so I am walking around and looking at books trying to decide that to check out..and Julian gets into this man's satchel thing you know those things that are not purses and are not briefcases that men carry.. I was like "omgosh I am so sorry.. but we are stalking you"...the guy was like "that is OK"

I said are you a lawyer.. he said no that he was an investigator.. and that he was that guy that went around and did background checks for people that got clearances..

I said that was cool.. that I did not have a security clearance because I had a record and that might prevent me from getting one.. I said I dated someone crazy that accused me of a bunch of stuff..but oh well that is over now..

then I said I guess I should not have told you all that and not even told you my name I am Keli, he told me his name was Dan and then asked me out to dinner...

REMINDER I told this guy I had a criminal record AND I had baby Julian with me...Julian is only 16 months old so if I am divorced or never got married to his daddy...well I guarentee you I have DRAMA in my life..

I told him Julian was not mine I was his nanny... and that I could go.. he picked a place and told me to google it...it had three dollar bill signs beside it.. I was like dang.. I will be living large.. I have not gone to a three dollar bill place since..Justin.. my b-day in June was only a two dollar bill place....

so we exchanged numbers and I said he could add me on FB.. he said he did not have a FB........................I just don't even KNOW anymore... I really, REALLY don't know... come on..

when I checked out my books I told the ladies at the library that someone had asked me out.. they said "with a toddler in tow??" I said yes he seemed nice..

so when I got home I had to google him the old fashioned way.. and found out he was 31 and has a condo in Reston..

I kinda had a freak out.. like I forgot what it was even LIKE to like a guy with no FB... like um... how do I know ANYTHING about you...? I mean am I actually supposed to TALK to you... I just don't know... ahahahha

so then he calls me a couple of days later and starts talking and tells me these things
1. his favorite thing in life is buffalo wings..............gross
2. he has never thought about getting a FB....come on NEVER ...never thought about it..
3. that the last girl he dated he met at Whole Foods in Vienna when he was there looking for organic chapstick.. he said he was "walking up and down the aisles" looking for it..COME ON.. that is ridiculous.. he could not go to CVS and get some Burt's Bee's he had to go to WHOLE FOODS.. and I KNOW the layout of Whole Foods you do not need to ROAM THE AISLES to find chapstick.. I mean did he think it would be in the dairy section..
4. that he goes to the library to do work because he would not do it if he we were at home.. he would just do nothing...
........I personally think that he goes to places like the library and Whole Foods to pick up women..
5. He then said that he broke up with the last girl because he is Jewish.. he had already told me that but it did not seem that important to him..well it is because he broke up with that girl because she is not Jewish and did not want to convert..I said............well I am NEVER ever going to convert to being a Jew.. I have already converted to this religion.. and I have been through hell with it.. so I am for sure staying... He said that he did not know about our date then...

I was starting to not know about it either.. because he was talking like we were super serious like about meeting my family.. and all this stuff we would do together...like um....................I am sorry WHAT...

He said that I shoulld understand that the Jew's went through a LOT with the holocost...and I should understand that because of that there are not many Jew's left because theh Holocaoust decimated the Jew's he asked me if I felt that there were not that many Jews left... He said he feels that there are not many Jew's left and what he wants to do is re-populate the world with Jewish people........WAIT.. WHAT? He asked me how old I was I said 37..He said Oh.. I thought you were in your 20's I guess he thought I had more re-populating years left.
.....I said that I was not going to be able to help him re-populate the world with Jew's.
He said he could impress me.. because he knew that
1. Mitt Romney is a Mormon
2. that Mormon's like to be called LDS
3. Napoleon Dynamite was made by Mormons...
wow that is some extensive knowledge next thing you know he will tell us that David Archuleta is or something...

so I said that he should try and date a Jewish girl he said that the Jewish girls don't like him because he owns a condo in Reston and not a single family home in McLean or Great Falls and that he is not a lawyer or rich..

I said that I did not feel right about him taking me to a restaurant that had 3 $ bill sign's by it .. since it was just going to be as friends.. so I said let's go somewhere a little cheaper.. he said OK let's go to Taco Bell... I said a LITTLE cheaper...
I ordered three things off the menu PLUS a speciality drink..the date itself was not horrendous...
BUT I don't think we are looking to go the same direction in basically ANY WAY..so we said goodbye...
maybe Julian and I will see him at the library sometime...

random Keli

My aunt's have amazing yards... I am not joking.. not matter what season it is they have amazing yards. If I had amazing computer skills right now you would be looking at a picture of Julian in my aunt's backyard..but well.. you will have to go to FB for that. In October 2011 Julian and I went and visited my Aunt Debbie and my Uncle Gris in Vienna, VA their yard is BEYOND AMAZING...we did not need to go to DC that day that could have BEEN the field trip.. she has all sorts of fountains and things that you don't think COULD WORK in a yard but do.. it is like she sees something and puts it in her yard and the effect is magic.I took some cute pictures of Julian in her backyard and should go back sometimes and take more..
going to my Aunt's houses then coming back to mine makes me think that Brad and I need/should do a LOT and I mean a LOT of landscaping here.. I don't know if the green thumb has extended over to the Wright family.. I mean lets be honest I would forget to water my lawn and when I did I would forget to move my sprinklers in Utah.. at first when I thought about writing this blog post I thought OK I can name  something I am NOT TALENTED in..yard work/landscaping...in Utah I hired these little boys to come and mow my yard.. that is my idea of yard work.. hiring some little boys and giving them a sense of worth.. I thought seriously I am NEVER going to have a nice looking yard unless:
1. I marry someone that is WAY good at that.. and likes doing it
2. I hire someone
but that puts me in a bit of a quandary because I want that nice looking yard.. and for people to say WOW.. and believe me I would love, LOVE, LOVE.. to have a garden.. I just don't know if I am ready for all the commitment that goes into making that happen...because it would have to be a step above for me.. because if I do it .. I am going to do it right.. no pesticides or anything harmful and all local plants nothing invasive of course.. and of course my garden would be ORGANIC..
so who knows what the future brings maybe one day I will figure out how to make a haven at my house.. AND how to use the computer.. and you will be reading a very different blog post...

field trip

When I was in Chicago in September 2011,Kevin and I went to The Field Museum which is a famous natural history museum. We took the bus there and when we got there they were nice enough to give us a local and a student discount even though I am not a local or a student.We went in and had a lot of fun looking at exhibits, walking around the gift shop, taking pictures and just hanging out. I am glad that we went. Here are some of the exhibits that we saw there.
* they had a LOT of stuff about native Americans
* they had an African exhibit
* all sorts of different animals
Kevin's favorite animal was "the honey badger" and if you don't know why.. oh well he just does not give an eff" hahahahahhahahahaHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH.
* we saw an Egyptian exhibit
* we saw a special exhibit on whales
* we saw Sue who is the largest T-Rex ever found ..and it was found by a woman by Sue..hence the name..
and lots and lots of other amazing things
soon I will have my pictures on FB and then you will see..

field trip

On Friday I visited Ticonderoga Farms in VA .. I think it was in South Riding, VA..the address said Chantilly but I feel like it was more in South Riding. We drove through Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun County to get there.. and it only took a half hour to get there.
I went there with my friend Catherine and her son Adam age 3. I had Julian age 16 months and Andrew age 4 also came with Catherine.
We pulled up and paid it was
$7.50 for adults and they charged us half of that for the kids.
Here are some of the fun things that we did there.
* they had those fun slides that they have at pumpkin patches and such that are made out of that white stuff that you put in showers. They went so fast..I caught air on some...they had slides for every slider.. some had black tunnels that were bumpy, some were high some low.. Catherine and I put Julian on one and he slid down all by himself.. he turned all the way around on it.. but he was smiling the whole time.
Andrew, myself and Julian on my lap went down every single slide....at first Andrew was like " I don't want to go in that one" ( one of the ones with the tunnel) I said just try it come with me...so he did and he LOVED IT!!!! I felt like Andrew could have stayed there all day...
but I was worn out from running up and down that hill with a 16 month old in my arms...
* they also had some concrete tubes that you can climb in.. Adam loved those, so did Andrew..but Julian was scared of them...:)
* they had a fire pit..and a fire going ... apparently they have that every day and some sticks where you can roast whatever you want and some wood that you can feel free to throw on the fire. There were some nice people that let us roast marshmallows.. we had a lot of fun doing that.
* we saw chickens and sheep and goats and roosters and peacocks. Julian spent a lot of time chasing around chickens...he really, REALLY thought he was going to catch one.
* Julian and I went across a swinging bridge..Andrew was going to come but I said this is crocodile lake and Andrew said no way! My mom said crocodiles snap at and eat people!!!
* they also sell organic honey that is made right there..organic figs ( in season later summer ) that they grow there.. and bamboo that they also grow there for decorative or whatever purposes.
We had a great day.. I recommend it and think it was worth the money :)